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Sacramento Sneak Preview of Academy Award winner Curt Johnson's new doc on the animal rights movement and their labeling by the govt as "the #1 domestic terrorist threat to America."...

In the midst of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, 1936, militia women fully immersed in the overall enthusiasm of revolutionary Spain find themselves confronting deep gender inequality which complicates their efforts in the war against Francisco Franco’s fascist forces. Libertarias is a Spanish historical drama, made in 1996, and released internationally in 2004....

An Unreasonable Man, a new documentary about Ralph Nader, premieres at the Crest on Friday, May 11....

San Lorenzo Park, Thursday May 3rd, 5 p.m....

Sarah, who I met in Boston, an artist with old found stuff right up my alley, told me that if you don't document art, any newcomer in town is not going to know that Santa Cruz has a vibrant art community that exists largely outside of the gallery grind. Document, she said, and the artists in town, new and old, will have a sense of momentum -- a sense, that in spite of the lack of art galleries, art buyers, art patrons, art grants, art money, that this town has a lively habit of blurring the ...

Entering the radical community, many quickly find themselves constantly hearing about debate over property destruction. Is it violence? Does it matter if it's violence? Is it effective? Is it alienating? And on and on. I've been hearing this argument pretty much since I regularly started attending protests. At this point, I almost don't want to deal with the subject. Naturally, you're asking, "Then why the hell do you want to make a zine about it?"...

In the final two-week push before the May elections in the Philippines, Filipino youth, musicians, spoken word artists, organizers and allies are coming together in New York and Los Angeles to show support for the KABATAAN Partylist, the largest youth party representing the youth sector in the upcoming Philippine elections, and to call for clean and fair elections. Youth of KABATAAN-Ugnayan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (Linking the Children of the Motherland), based in New York and New Jersey, an...

Stop Snitching didn't begin with rappers -- law enforcement officials, government bureaucrats and politicians have the same ethos as the streets....

It is proven that art and creativity helps people stay out of jail. In addition to the programs mentioned in the article “Creative Rehabilitation, the story behind the arts in California’s prison system,” there is also a program called GEMMA that helps women stay out of jail by offering volunteer run programs to help them get on their feet....